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midp and sis formats

0 replies · 2,662 views · Started 22 June 2005

I am a newbie to symbian programming. I have developed a J2ME midlet which I have been able to run on series 60 and 90 simulators. However, I saw that most commercial apps are in sis format. My question is that, can midp applications be packaged into sis file format? Is sis format a requirement or an alternative for symbian apps?

From some tutorials, I understood that sis format is for the symbian apps written in C++. I assume MIDP apps do not need any seperate packaging and the app can run be run on symbian by distributing jad and associated jar files.

Let me know if I am missing something here. Any pointers to tutorials about this will be appreciated.

Thanks
Justin